diff --git a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
index adffe01..1f2b239 100644
--- a/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
+++ b/lib/nova_plugins/functions-libvirt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Installs required distro-specific libvirt packages.
 function install_libvirt {
     if is_ubuntu; then
-        install_package kvm
+        install_package qemu-kvm
         install_package libvirt-bin
         install_package python-libvirt
         install_package python-guestfs